The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has exonerated the chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Mike Okiro, of fraud.

The ICPC said its “investigation has not revealed any act of criminal infraction against the person of Sir (Dr.) Mike Mbama Okiro, the chairman of the PSC, as all issues outlined above are administrative in nature and within the ambits of career public servants handlings.”

The ICPC, however,  urged the PSC to remit a total balance of N133,413,845.99 from the N350,000,000 election monitoring exercise domiciled within FCMB  to the federal treasury through the ICPC Recovery Account at Zenith Bank Plc.

The anti-graft agency said: “The staff of your Commission who took part in the 2015 General Election Monitoring Exercise and were paid two-way return ticket and airport taxi to location within FCT and states of close proximity to Abuja amounting to N11,750,000 (list attached) should refund same to the treasury through the ICPC recovery account No. 1012929790 at Zenith Bank Plc.

“That, if the Presidency approves of the utilization of the application by the chairman to utilise the Abuja-Orlando-Abuja airfare for an upcoming conference; we will consider the matter.

“However, if approval is refused the fund thereof should be returned to the Police Service Commission and ICPC so informed.

“That the PSC received the sum of N350 million from the Federal Government to monitor the conduct of police personnel at the recently conducted general election.

“The commission budgeted to expend the fund on training and physical monitoring during the election.

“Investigation revealed that the commission budgeted for training of 900 staff and to conduct training in Abuja, Lagos and Kano. However, the entire staff force was not more that 391 and that is the figure actually trained in a programme held in Abuja only. The commission accepted the explanation that due process could not be adhered to strictly because of time constraint

“The PSC paid DTA to all staff including those based in Abuja that participated in the training programme held within Abuja. Air ticket and DTA were paid to management staff and others who monitored elections within Abuja and its environs; even at locations where airports do not exist such as Lokoja and Minna (schedule of affected officers attached).

“It was also confirmed that the chairman collected five days each for two conferences that ran simultaneously in Dublin and Orlando, Florida.

“However, it was discovered that he expended the entire 10 days on the trip. Though, he only expended the ticket-fare for Abuja-Durblin-Abuja, he has, however, written to the Presidency to expend the ticket-fare for Abuja-Orlando-Abuja on another trip coming up by October, 2015.”